Auxiliary Parts for Furniture

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1 Korea Eco-label Standards EL179 Revised 8.Jul Ministry of Environment Auxiliary Parts for Furniture EL179:2016

2 Publisher: Minister of Environment Publication: 8. Jul Ministry of Environment Notification No Final revision: Prepared by the president KEITI For opinions and inquiries on this standards, please contact the KEITI Environmental Certification Strategy Office(Tel ), or refer to the website(

3 Contents Foreword...ii 1 Scope Normative references Terms and definitions Environment-related criteria Component standardization Paint Synthetic resign materials Metal materials Woody materials Quality-related criteria Quality and Functions Consumer Information Verification methods and test methods General Verification methods Reasons for certification... 8 i

4 Foreword This standard is the certification criteria for Eco-label revised through deliberation of a committee to set up the certification criteria according to the procedure specified in the Environmental Technology and Environmental Industry Support Act. It should be noted that parts of this standard may in conflict with patent rights having technical characteristics, patent applications after laying-open of application, utility model rights or application for the utility model registration after laying-open of application. The Minister of Environment shall have no responsibility for confirmation of matters related to patent rights having technical characteristics, patent applications after laying-open of application, utility model rights or application for the utility model registration after layingopen of application. ii

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7 EL179.Auxiliary Parts for Furniture [EL179/1/ ] 1 Scope This standard specifies a method to confirm the certification criteria and conformance of targeted products such as standardized auxiliary parts(hereinafter called components ) of those for furniture renovated combining synthetic resign and metals except as otherwise expressly proved. Note The certification standard of the final products applying components is EL172, EL174, EL175, EL177, EL Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are indispensable for application of this standard. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EL172, Furniture EL174, Partition for office EL175, Chair EL177, Desk and chair for students EL241, Paint EL252, Synthetic resign sheet for ornamental purposes EL483, Bed KS C IEC 62321, Electrotechnical products Determination of levels of six regulated substances(lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers) KS I ISO , Indoor air Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in indoor air and test chamber air Active sampling method KS I ISO , Indoor air Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS or MS/FID KS I ISO , Indoor air Part 9: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and furnishing Emission test chamber method KS I ISO , Indoor air-part 11:Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds-sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens KS K 0853, Test method for determination of nickel release from products intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin:alternate exposure KS M 0016, General rules for atomic absorption spectrochemical analysis KS M 0032, General rules for ICP emission spectrochemical analysis KS M 0180, Standard test method for halogen(f, Cl, Br) and sulfur content by oxidative pyrohydrolytic combustion followed by ion chromatography detection (Combustion ion chromatography-cic) 1

8 KS M 1072, Determination of TBBPA(Tetrabromobisphenol-A) and HBCD(Hexabromocyclododecan) in polymer materials KS M 1998, Determination of the emission rate of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds in building interior products KS M 6672, Soft Urethane form for cushion KS Q 5002, Statistical presentation of data Standard for process test of indoor air quality, the announcement by the Ministry of Environment in accordance with the Environmental Examination and Inspection Act Standard for process test of environmental hazardous factor, the announcement by the Ministry of Environment in accordance with the Environmental Examination and Inspection Act 3 Terms and definitions This standard uses the following Definition of Terms. Others are applied according to terms in EL172, EL174, EL175, EL177, EL Components As assembled to finished products, parts supporting decoration and its own function Note Excepting the parts functioning finished products such as desk tabula or taking a significant part of finished products Example Component materials are as follows Item Synthetic resign Metal Timber Woody Composite material Type (example) edge, handle, caster, hoof, electric wire guard, armchair handle, hanger, pillar armchair armchair caster, hoof 3.2 Composite Material Components Components that consist of more than 2 kinds of materials 4 Environment-related criteria Environment related items considering the whole process of components are given in the Table 1. 2

9 Table 1 Environment related items considering the whole process of components Step Environment related item Effect to improve environment Acquire raw materials Manufacture Distribute use consume Discard Sustainable use of forest resources or not Use of wasted timber or not Use of hazardous material or not Use of halogen synthetic resign or not Phthalate use of Phthalate or not Use of flame retardant or not Use of vesicant (ODP: 0, GWP: 3 000) or not Use of halogen organic compound and APEOs, alkylphenol ethoxylates (in cleaning and polishing process) or not Nickel emission or not Formaldehyde, VOCs and toluene emission Component standardization Use of complex steel, tinning and copper facing steel or not Improvement of resource recirculation Improvement of resource recirculation Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce Earth s environment pollution Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce use of harmful substances Reduce use of harmful substances Improvement of resource recirculation Improvement of resource recirculation Recycle 4.1 Component standardization The component standardization should be suitable for following standards. Note The products made according to Korean Standards related to caster and wheel are suitable for the standard Compatibility The component is assembled and attached to the final products made by diverse manufacturers and should secure the compatibility to be functioned Management system The standardized size, tolerance and function should be managed systematically and make (provide) components with a batch of manufacturing method. Note The standardization targets of the wheel are diameter (length) of fixed axle, fixation method and wheel diameter. 3

10 4.1.3 Connecting part Unless otherwise specific matters, components should be assembled and attached to the final products using general tools for safe use. 4.2 Paint The paint uses the certified products according to EL241 or total lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and their compounds, hexavalent chrome (Cr 6+ ) shall be less than mg/kg. But the volume of lead (Pb) is limited only for less than 600 mg/kg. 4.3 Synthetic resign materials Lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) contained in the synthetic resin shall comply with the Table 2. Table 2 Criteria for harmful elements content in synthetic resin Item Lead(Pb) Cadmium(Cd) Criteria mg / kg Phthalate shall not be used as a plasticizer, and the sum of phthalate content contained in a product shall not exceed 0.1% by weight. NOTE The sum of phthalate content means the sum of each content of DBP (dibutylphthalate), BBP (butylbenzylphthalate), DEHP (di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate), DINP (di-(iso-nonyl)phthalate), DNOP (di-noctyl phthalate) and DIDP (di-(iso-decyl)phthalate) Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) shall not be used as flame retardants. However, this criterion is considered as complied with if total PBBs, PBDFs, TBBPA and HBCD content is less than 100 mg/kg or total bromine (Br) content is less than 30 mg/kg Foaming product shall use the materials of which ODP is 0 and GWP is less than 3,000 as the foaming agent The amount of indoor air pollution material emission for foaming soft urethane component should be suitable for Table 3. Table 3 The amount of indoor air pollution material emission Indoor air pollution material Formaldehyde VOCs Toluene Criteria mg / m2 h 4.4 Metal materials Halogenated compounds and alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs) shall not be used in the cleaning and coating processes The amount of nickel emission from a metal substance in the area that is likely to be in 4

11 constant contact with skin shall be less than 0.5 μg/cm 2 week. However, this rule does not apply if the part is coated with paint. Note Hinge and locking devices are not considered as one of the parts that are likely to be in continuous contact with human skin Inorganic and non-ferrous metal composite steel plate (ceramic steel, clad steel, etc.), tin plated metal and cooper plated steel shall not be used. 4.5 Wooden materials Any wooden material (including hardwood and plywood) shall be one that is certified by a third party with regard to the sustainable use of forest resources or manufactured in accordance with the Sustainable Forest Management Standards Based on UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) Forest Principles The use of wood wastes by wooden material type shall comply with the criteria in the Table 4. Table 4 Use of wood wastes by wooden material type Wooden material type Particle board Fiberboard Use of wood waste weight % Other forming material The wood (including hardwood and plywood) consisting of the components and the amount of indoor air pollution materials from the wood should be suitable for Table 5. Note In case of being finished with products certified according to thermosetting resign sheet for all surface or EL252, the emission of toluene is suitable for this criterion. Table 5 The amount of indoor air pollution material emission Indoor air pollution material Formaldehyde VOCs Toluene Criteria mg / m2 h Note The amount of formaldehyde emission can use the desiccator method for the test. Then, the emission amount should be less than 0.5 mg/l. 5 Quality-related criteria 5.1 The apparent density and compression setting shortening ratio of foaming soft urethane (thickness of more than 50 mm) component should be suitable for Table 6. 5

12 Table 6 Foaming Synthetic Resign Component Quality and Function Test Item Apparent density (kg/m 3 ) Compression setting shortening ratio (%) Criteria Quality and Functions Note The component quality and function criteria should be limited to items applying the relevant components of finally assembling products If Korean Standards are available as a national standard of the product in question, it shall comply with the quality or performance criteria of that standard. However, items related to Clause 4 (Environment-related criteria) are excluded from the quality and performance criteria If no Korean Standards are available as described in 5.3.1, it shall comply with the quality and performance criteria according to the following order of priority. However, items related to Clause 4 (Environment-related criteria) are excluded from the quality and performance criteria. a) The national standard other than Korean Standards b) The overseas national or international standard for relevant product quality c) The collective standard according to Industrial Standardization Act of article If it is not possible to apply criteria described in or 5.2.2, an applicant can suggest criteria for quality and performance such as collective standards which are recognized as equal or higher one as the national standards in relevant industrial field, and request for application of those criteria. The deliberation committee shall deliberate the applicant s request considering the validity to apply suggested standards and performance criteria. However, items related to Clause 4 (Environment-related criteria) are excluded from the quality and performance criteria. 6 Consumer Information 6.1 Reasons for certification The product certification reasons that relevant products contribute to the reduction of environmental effects shall be indicated on the products. 6.2 Product Use Information The details for the final product types, assembly methods and precautions shall be indicated on the products. 7 Verification methods and test methods 6

13 7.1 General a) The number of test specimens is one piece per each applied product in principle. But, the number may increase depending on the situation. b) The test specimens shall be randomly collected by an Eco Mark accredited certification agency among commercial products or those stored at the production site. But the sampling and keeping method for the verification of and comply with KS I ISO c) In order to verify 5.2, certification consignment agency should select representative specimen of components having functions as the same materials and final products applicable to relevant components can be decided. d) The test result for each test item shall be closed with the numerical value having a cipher that is one higher than the cipher mentioned in the relevant standard under KS Q Note Details for the cipher should be mentioned in the test report. 7.2 Verification methods Test methods and verification methods by each item of the certification criteria are given in Table 7 Certification criteria Environmentrelated criteria Table 7 Verification method by certification standard Test and verification methods 4.1 Check the submitted document 4.2 Check the submitted document or test report of authorized agency according to environmental hazardous factor process test standard KS M 0016, KS M 0032 or test report of authorized agency according to KS C IEC ~ Check the submitted document Check the submitted document PBBs, PBDEs: KS C IEC TBBPA, HBCD: KS M 1072 Total bromine (Br): KS M Check the submitted document Test report of authorized agency according to following test methods or the equivalent ES of the Standard for process test of indoor air quality -Desicator KS I ISO , KS I ISO , KS I ISO Check the submitted document Check the submitted document and test report of authorized agency according to KS K 0853 or the equivalent standard Check the submitted document ~ Check the submitted document and site Test report of authorized agency according to following test methods or the equivalent ES of the Standard for process test of indoor air quality KS I ISO , KS I ISO , KS I ISO Desicator Test report or certification of authorized agency according to KS M 7

14 Certification criteria Quality-related criteria Consumer Information Test and verification methods 1998 or the equivalent standard Test report or certification of authorized agency according to KS M 6672 or the equivalent standard Test report or certification of authorized agency according to relevant standard or the equivalent Check the submitted document. 8 Reasons for certification a Category Improvement of resource circulation a Energy saving b Reduction of global environmental pollution c Reduction of local environmental pollution d Reduction of harmful substances e Reduction of life environmenta l pollution f Degree h Reduction of noise and vibration g Resource saving, water saving, improvement of recycling, recycling of effective resources and etc. b Energy saving, use of renewable energy and etc. c Reduction of greenhouse gas emission, reduction of ozone layer-depleting substance emission and etc. d Reduction of air pollutant emission, reduction of water pollutant emission, reduction of soil pollutant emission, reduction of waste discharge, better biodegradation and etc. e Reduction of use of harmful substances, reduction of exposure to harmful substances and etc. f Reduction of indoor air pollutant emission, reduction of light pollution and etc. g Low noise, reduction of vibration h Limited in products related to 4.3 f) and 4.5 c) 8

15 Common Criteria, Notice No , the Ministry of Environment 1. Those who have received the certifications for Eco-label shall comply with the environment regulation standard during the certification period. However, even when the person violates the environment regulation standard, if the person submits the detailed violation, an improvement measure and a measure to prevent a repeat of the violation including the following items to the president of the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (hereinafter referred to as the president of Technology Institute ) and takes the measure within 1 month from the date of violation, the person shall be considered to comply with the criteria. A. List of environment regulation standard in the person s location B. System to implement the environment regulation standard (including an organization chart describing each person s role) C. Regulation for storing records and documents related to the environment regulation standard. 2. With respect to marks of information for consumers specified in the certification criteria by each subject, the following matters shall be complied with. A. Product-related information for consumers shall be marked on the product cover. However, if the president of Technology Institute recognizes that it is not possible or undesirable to mark it on the product cover, it can be marked on an appropriate part where consumers can perceive relevant information such as product package, a product guide or a user guide. B. Service-related information for consumers shall be marked inside and outside the building in the business site where service is operated. However, if the president of Technology Institute recognizes that it is not possible or undesirable to mark it inside and outside the building in the business site where service is operated, it can be marked on an appropriate part where consumers can perceive relevant information such as a contract, a delivery statement, a letter of warranty or promotion materials. 3. Those who are to receive certification for Eco-label or have receive the certification shall comply with the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising for establishing an order for fair trade and for protecting consumers. 9

16 4. The person shall not conduct unfair marks, labeling or advertising related to the environmental aspects of the product in accordance with the Article of the law. 5. With respect to various standards cited in the certification criteria for each product, the latest version of standard when applying for the certification shall be applied unless otherwise specified. In addition, in case that the regulation criteria is strengthened more strictly than that certification criteria for each product due to revision of relevant laws or regulations, the strengthened criteria shall be tentatively applied. Also, in case that the criteria are abolished, the criteria before abolition shall be tentatively applied by when the relevant certification criteria are revised. 6. In case that it is judged that the application of quality-related criteria in accordance with the certification criteria for each product is not suitable, the president of Technology Institute can set and implement the quality criteria for relevant products. [Verification method in accordance with the certification criteria] 1. The test report in accordance with the specified test methods means a test report issued by an agency designated by the president of Technology Institute among the following items. However, if the person who applied for certification of Eco-label seeks to be verified with the test result implemented by a testing or inspecting laboratory not corresponding to one of the following items, the person shall get confirmation and verification in the presence of a professional designated by the president of Technology Institute. A. Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute in accordance with the Sub-clause 12, Clause 4, Article 5 of the law B. Testing/ inspecting laboratory recognized in the accrediting system for testing/ inspecting laboratories in accordance with the Article 23 of the Framework Act on National Standards (e.g. testing/ inspecting laboratory accredited by KOLAS) C. Testing/ inspecting laboratory designated and accredited by the president of central administrative agencies in accordance with relevant laws D. Foreign testing/ inspecting laboratory complying with the international standard, ISO/IEC E. Testing/ inspecting laboratory recognized by the president of Technology Institute in case that it is difficult to conduct a test in the laboratories specified from A to D. 10

17 2. In case that the president of Technology Institute requests test-related materials, the testing/ inspecting laboratory that issued a test report in accordance with the clause 1 shall follow the request as long as there is no specific reason. If the laboratory rejects the request without any reasonable cause, the laboratory may be restricted to conduct a requested test. 3. With respect to verification of submitted documents, whether it complies with the certification criteria shall be verified with the test reports, statement of raw materials supply/production, certificates related to the product, user guides or manuals or products that are submitted by the person who seeks for certification of Eco-label in order to verify that the product complies with relevant criteria. In case of service, it can include performance materials, documentary evidence and photos of the side. However, if it is difficult to verify it only with the submitted documents, tests corresponding to the clause 1 may be added. 4. In case that the person who has already receive the certification seeks for additional certification on models using the same materials, parts or components as the certified product, the existing verification result may be applied to relevant raw materials, parts or components. However, the test report in accordance with the clause 1 shall be that issued within 12 months from the date of applying certification. 5. In case that the person gets certification in accordance with the Sub-clause 2, Clause 3, Article 4, the president of Technology Institute shall randomly select a sample from models in the product line for verification. 6. In case that the person gets certification in accordance with the Sub-clause 3, Clause 3, Article 4, the president of Technology Institute shall randomly select a sample from models in the product line for verification. However, with respect to environment-related or qualityrelated criteria which may be influenced by the wholly or partly different environmental aspects and quality information among models, each model shall be verified. 11